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[VC the slogger]

VC, you might wanna check on @Sinister One.

It's weird, because he has been coming online regularly and posting on the forums but not picking his players. Guess I'll have to do auto-picks.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

It's weird, because he has been coming online regularly and posting on the forums but not picking his players. Guess I'll have to do auto-picks.

I noticed that too.

Don't mean to throw the poor guy under the bus, tho.

 

[VC the slogger]

Auto-picks for @Sinister One for Rounds 4 (1 invalid player), 6 and 7 where I've done my best to replicate his usual style of picking prominent 19th/early 20th century players. He may pick for the ongoing round when he comes online. Picks for previous rounds cannot be replaced as stated in the draft rules.

Round 1 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) -
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

Round 9 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) -
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) -
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

 

[Aislabie]

Round 1 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) - Denis Compton, Frank Woolley & Colin Milburn
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

Round 9 - 3 players

Aislabie's XI (Aislabie) -
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) -
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

Also, I finally remembered to do my team name and logo:



Say hello to the Generic Wanderers!

 

[Pinch hitter]

John Langridge, Rajinder Goel & Don Shepherd

 

[VC the slogger]

Round 1 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Denis Compton, Frank Woolley & Colin Milburn
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - John Langridge, Rajinder Goel & Don Shepherd
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

Round 9 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) -
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) -
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

@Sinister One @CerealKiller

 

[CerealKiller]

Vijay Merchant, Alan Davidson & Bert Oldfield

 

[VC the slogger]

24 hours up again since the first pick. *sigh*

Round 1 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Denis Compton, Frank Woolley & Colin Milburn
Dominators (Sinister One) - 
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - John Langridge, Rajinder Goel & Don Shepherd
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vijay Merchant, Alan Davidson & Bert Oldfield

Round 9 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) -
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) -
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

@Aislabie @Sinister One @Pinch hitter @Na Maloom Afraad @CerealKiller

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Float Woods[DOUBLEPOST=1567704918][/DOUBLEPOST] Warwick Armstrong
John Reid
Neil Harvey

EDIT: Whoops, sorry. Just realised Float Woods was my previous round pick. :/

 

[Aislabie]

Round 1 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Denis Compton, Frank Woolley & Colin Milburn
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - John Langridge, Rajinder Goel & Don Shepherd
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vijay Merchant, Alan Davidson & Bert Oldfield

Round 9 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Sam Hain, Michael Klinger & Tom Banton
Dominators (Sinister One) -
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Warwick Armstrong, John Reid & Neil Harvey
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) -

I've decided to go a bit left-field by picking three players who are absolutely up to speed with how the modern-day white-ball game is played. Will be interested to see how these guys get rated, especially Banton who is an obvious future star but hasn't got there yet.

Sam Hain
Clem Hill
Michael Klinger
Colin Milburn
Victor Trumper

Denis Compton
Asif Iqbal
Gilbert Jessop
Charlie Macartney
Frank Woolley

Les Ames
Tom Banton

Percy Fender
Gary Gilmour
Bart King
Mike Procter

Bob Appleyard
Jack Iverson

I am incredibly happy with that team.

 

[CerealKiller]

Clarrie Grimmett, Harold Larwood, K.S. Duleepsinhji

 

[VC the slogger]

I've decided to go a bit left-field by picking three players who are absolutely up to speed with how the modern-day white-ball game is played. Will be interested to see how these guys get rated, especially Banton who is an obvious future star but hasn't got there yet.

I mean I do rate Klinger and Hain quite high among current non-ODI players, but not sure if the last two especially Banton really belong in a legends league..

Sam Hain
Clem Hill
Michael Klinger
Colin Milburn
Victor Trumper

Denis Compton
Asif Iqbal
Gilbert Jessop
Charlie Macartney
Frank Woolley

Les Ames
Tom Banton

Percy Fender
Gary Gilmour
Bart King
Mike Procter

Bob Appleyard
Jack Iverson

I am incredibly happy with that team.

Still, a rather good squad I think.

 

[Aislabie]

I mean I do rate Klinger and Hain quite high among current non-ODI players, but not sure if the last two especially Banton really belong in a legends league..

It's not like I really needed any more players though with the fifteen I already had. But I do maintain that those three would do better in modern one-day cricket than a lot of the guys who are getting picked owing to the technical changes in batsmanship that have occurred in the last decade or so. But this league is all about suspension of disbelief anyhow, so I don't mind if it's a punt that totally fails.

 

[VC the slogger]

Very well. Once you guys are done with the drafts, you may name your home venues (they must be actual Test/ODI venues) and pick an era you'd like your home matches to be based in. These are the eras you can pick from:

Olympics era 1(1896-1912): Terrible for batsmen, average scoring rates around 3 to 3.5 runs per over.
Olympics era 2 (1920-1936): Truer wickets for batting, average scoring rates around 3.5 to 4.0 runs per over.
Early-ODI era (1971-1983): Evenly balanced contests between bat and ball, average scoring rates around 4.0 to 4.5 runs per over.
Mid-ODI era (1985-1999): Slightly better for batting than the previous era, average scoring rates around 4.5 to 5.0 runs per over.
Pre-Twenty20 era (2000-2009): More in favor of batsmen than previous eras, average scoring rates around 5.0 to 5.5 runs per over.
Twenty20 era (2010-present): The most batting friendly era of the lot, average scoring rates around 5.5 to 6.5 runs per over.

Your eras must match your venues, so for instance if you pick one of the two Olympics eras you must pick venues that hosted internationals during that particular time frame for eg Lords/The MCG/SCG in order for them to be valid. Same goes for some of the newer venues such as The Rose Bowl, Dharamshala, Pallekelle etc. This should hopefully ensure all types of players have a fair chance of succeeding here, and not just the modern day aggro types.


@Aislabie @CerealKiller @Na Maloom Afraad @Sinister One @Pinch hitter

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

What effects does those have on players from a particular kind of era?

Asking for Bradman, Grace, etc...